Capitals Insider Archive: Colorado Avalanche

If there was a moment in the second period where the Capitals seemed most able to claw their way back from a large deficit, it was after Alex Ovechkin fought Brandon Dubinsky. Little more galvanizes a team as much as seeing its captain and most valuable player frustrated and emotional...

Washington's 3-2 loss to Colorado tonight marked the first time under Coach Bruce Boudreau the Capitals have lost five straight games. They've now lost four games in regulation at Verizon Center (12-4-2 overall at home); in the 2009-10 campaign they only lost five times in regulation at home. Regardless of...

The Washington Capitals (18-9-3) hope to bounce back in a big way and avoid a fifth straight loss when they host the Colorado Avalanche (14-10-4) tonight at Verizon Center. Chat about the game in the comments below, or join the conversation on Twitter and see your tweets here by using...

Mike Green will miss the matchup against Colorado because of the flu and rookie center Marcus Johansson is a healthy scratch. In his pregame comments to the media, Coach Bruce Boudreau said Johansson "needs to watch a game." Here's what the lineup should look like: Forwards Ovechkin-Backstrom-Knuble Laich-Perreault-Semin Chimera-Steckel-Bradley Hendricks-Gordon-Fehr...

Eleven days ago, the Capitals sent Tomas Fleischmann to the Colorado Avalanche in return for defenseman Scott Hannan. It will be a little strange, some Washington players said, to see their former teammate in a different sweater tonight at Verizon Cenrter. But there's also too much at stake for the...

The Capitals have not consistently put all of the pieces together over the past 11 contests, but with back-to-back games this weekend against Colorado tonight and in New York Sunday, they have an opportunity to get back on the right track in rapid fashion. "We have a chance to come...